Red blood cells washed each unit at Trinitas Regional Medical Center

225 Williamson St, Elizabeth, NJ · RWJBarnabas Health · · NPI 1770583999

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 4, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$174.74

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$931.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$135.83 with Wellpoint vs $2,587.00 with United Healthcare — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Wellpoint NJ Family Care $135.83 ↓ -22%
Aetna Better Health $153.14 ↓ -12%
Qualcare Inc HMO/POS/PPO/WC $279.30 ↑ +60%
Wellpoint Medicare Advantage $433.73 ↑ +148%
Fidelis Care Medicare Advantage $433.73 ↑ +148%
Clover Health Medicare Advantage $433.73 ↑ +148%
Aetna Medicare $433.73 ↑ +148%
Humana Medicare $433.73 ↑ +148%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Medicare Advantage $433.73 ↑ +148%
United Healthcare Medicare $442.40 ↑ +153%
First Health Commercial $558.60 ↑ +220%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Worker's Comp $593.69 ↑ +240%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey PIP $593.69 ↑ +240%
Cigna HMO $682.14 ↑ +290%
Cigna PPO $718.45 ↑ +311%
Aetna HMO $787.62 ↑ +351%
Aetna PPO $787.62 ↑ +351%
Wellcare Ambetter Health Commercial $863.12 ↑ +394%
Emblem Health Commercial $867.46 ↑ +396%
Amerihealth Regional Preferred $906.60 ↑ +419%
Amerihealth Local Value $906.60 ↑ +419%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Omnia $1,088.14 ↑ +523%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Managed $1,714.23 ↑ +881%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey Non-Managed $1,794.30 ↑ +927%
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey State Benefit Plan $1,814.99 ↑ +939%
United Healthcare Nexus $2,199.00 ↑ +1158%
United Healthcare Oxford Metro $2,199.00 ↑ +1158%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +1380%
United Healthcare Oxford Commercial $2,587.00 ↑ +1380%

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Red blood cells washed each unit at other New-jersey hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston $197.27 $445.26 – $890.52
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville $185.17 $445.26 – $886.07
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark $193.92 $445.26 – $890.52
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City $193.46 $467.38 – $930.09
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch $203.70 $439.28 – $2,199.00
JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute (JRI) Edison $439.66 $311.00 – $555.09
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City $439.28 $380.00 – $543.61
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen $467.38 $467.38 – $907.00

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